When we presented our game the teachers brought up a couple of interesting ideas with our game so far. Firstly our main character placeholder was a small character with a big head which looked like a "cute alien" and was suggested that our game be about an alien character rather than a bland generic human. Though the group does not agree with this idea, I think the alien idea could work well with the game.
The game also for many has only had mechanics and does not have core gameplay of what makes a game. We have been receiving complaints that our game has enough mechanics but has no game.
I have started animated the alien placeholder in our game. But our main focus is to get a solid game down that people can actually play for the prototype.